The Hellenistic period was a veritable cauldron of ambition, betrayal, and sheer bloodlust. It was an era marked by dramatic ...

Professional politicians, whether in the ancient Graeco-Roman or in the contemporary context, are quantitatively a negligible minority of the citizen-body. For them politics are a way of life, even ...

In the past three decades, contemporary Aristotelians have posed effective challenges to liberal theory by stressing the importance of citizenship, political virtue, civic prudence, and the political ...

Edward Watts, a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego, delivered a lecture this past Wednesday ...

Ancient Greek temples positioned around the Agora were dedicated to patron gods like Athena for Athens and Zeus for Olympia.

A range of technical advances sit on the cusp of widespread introduction or are already spreading fast. These include AI, ...

Archaeologists are finding that ancient sustainability was tethered closely to politics. However, these dynamics are often ...

One seeing the image couldn’t help but marvel at the political figure’s fortitude. Protected by heaven, his aura was of steeled strength and unquestionable authority. This intimidating imagery ...

The ancient Greeks' three-part persuasion formula is still the best standard for judging the effectiveness of any speaker.

Political posts on social media that most frequently referenced ancient history tended to be more extreme, hostile and ...

At one level,” he writes, “my book is a history of the study of Greek history from...the 18th century to the present day.” ...

The family’s astrology magazine, Aina-e-Qismat (Mirror of Fate), still publishes every month. Zanjani says it has a ...